[PATCH 1/2] arm64/head: Drop unnecessary pre-disable-MMU workaround
Mark Rutland
mark.rutland at arm.com
Mon Apr 15 01:29:56 PDT 2024
On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 09:54:14AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
>
> The Falkor erratum that results in the need for an ISB before clearing
> the M bit in SCTLR_ELx only applies to execution at exception level x,
> and so the workaround is not needed when disabling the EL1 MMU while
> running at EL2.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Mark.
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 2 --
> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> index 06234c3a15f3..b8bbd72cb194 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> @@ -323,13 +323,11 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(init_el2, SYM_L_LOCAL)
> cbz x0, 2f
>
> /* Set a sane SCTLR_EL1, the VHE way */
> - pre_disable_mmu_workaround
> msr_s SYS_SCTLR_EL12, x1
> mov x2, #BOOT_CPU_FLAG_E2H
> b 3f
>
> 2:
> - pre_disable_mmu_workaround
> msr sctlr_el1, x1
> mov x2, xzr
> 3:
> --
> 2.44.0.683.g7961c838ac-goog
>
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